Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership expected goal involvement 2026/2027

Every Scottish Premiership player ranked on both halves of his output added: the chances he took and the chances he made for somebody else, with each half printed beside the total.

Benjamin Nygren tops the competition on 4.88 expected goal involvement, from 486 minutes. That is 0.93 clear of Ryan Don Naderi. Of that, 3.55 is the chances he took himself and 1.33 the chances he made.

Showing 51–100 of 281 players

Scottish Premiership expected goal involvement 2026/2027
#	Player	Club	Min	xG	xA	xGI	G+A	xGI/90
51	James Forrest	Celtic	133	0.76	0.46	1.22	0	0.83
52	Ethan Ross	Falkirk FC	480	0.67	0.53	1.20	1	0.23
53	Taylor Steven	St. Johnstone	311	0.61	0.57	1.18	0	0.34
54	Blair Spittal	Heart of Midlothian	274	0.21	0.92	1.13	1	0.37
54	Finley Barbrook	Falkirk FC	506	0.62	0.51	1.13	0	0.20
56	Colby Donovan	Celtic	503	0.60	0.49	1.09	0	0.20
56	Michael Schjønning-Larsen	Kilmarnock	614	0.14	0.95	1.09	1	0.16
58	Dujon Sterling	Rangers	450	0.07	1.00	1.07	0	0.21
58	Michael Forbes	Dundee United	630	0.92	0.15	1.07	1	0.15
58	Adam Mayor	Hibernian	464	0.25	0.82	1.07	1	0.21
61	Arne Engels	Celtic	180	0.26	0.78	1.04	1	0.52
61	Sebastian Palmer-Houlden	Motherwell	231	0.96	0.08	1.04	1	0.41
63	Findlay Curtis	Rangers	392	0.54	0.49	1.03	0	0.24
64	Samuel Ramos	St. Mirren	251	0.79	0.21	1.00	3	0.36
64	Emmanuel Fernandez	Rangers	629	0.42	0.58	1.00	0	0.14
66	Bradley Fink	Dundee FC	247	0.89	0.08	0.97	2	0.35
66	Ismeal Kabia	St. Mirren	393	0.32	0.65	0.97	0	0.22
68	Tyreece John-Jules	Kilmarnock	391	0.78	0.18	0.96	0	0.22
69	Badredine Bouanani	Rangers	78	0.13	0.81	0.94	0	1.08
69	Toyosi Olusanya	Aberdeen	503	0.63	0.31	0.94	0	0.17
71	Josh Campbell	Hibernian	186	0.86	0.07	0.93	1	0.45
71	Ben Krauhaus	Falkirk FC	468	0.47	0.46	0.93	1	0.18
73	Owen Bevan	Dundee FC	630	0.68	0.24	0.92	1	0.13
74	Eseosa Sule	St. Mirren	284	0.76	0.15	0.91	0	0.29
75	Findlay Marshall	Aberdeen	205	0.05	0.85	0.90	0	0.40
75	Joe Bevan	Dundee FC	431	0.72	0.18	0.90	2	0.19
77	Jerome Williams	Heart of Midlothian	118	0.81	0.07	0.88	0	0.67
78	Ibrahim Said	Motherwell	412	0.64	0.22	0.86	1	0.19
79	Calvin Ramsay	St. Mirren	393	0.43	0.42	0.85	0	0.19
79	Sam Stanton	St. Johnstone	466	0.62	0.23	0.85	1	0.16
81	Jamie McGrath	Hibernian	303	0.38	0.44	0.82	0	0.24
82	James Penrice	Rangers	418	0.19	0.62	0.81	0	0.17
83	Youssef Chermiti	Rangers	81	0.70	0.10	0.80	0	0.89
84	Regan Charles-Cook	Motherwell	291	0.68	0.11	0.79	1	0.24
84	Chris Mochrie	St. Mirren	429	0.28	0.51	0.79	0	0.17
84	Laurent Mendy	Heart of Midlothian	492	0.59	0.20	0.79	1	0.14
84	Paul Nsio	St. Mirren	540	0.52	0.27	0.79	1	0.13
88	Ashley Hay	Dundee FC	55	0.77	0.01	0.78	0	1.28
88	Thelo Aasgaard	Rangers	112	0.29	0.49	0.78	1	0.63
88	Daisuke Yokota	Rangers	117	0.23	0.55	0.78	0	0.60
88	Callum McGregor	Celtic	540	0.54	0.24	0.78	0	0.13
92	Tomas Magnusson	Heart of Midlothian	294	0.25	0.52	0.77	0	0.24
93	Abdoulaye Yoro	Dundee United	184	0.45	0.31	0.76	1	0.37
93	Aaron Tshibola	Kilmarnock	299	0.31	0.45	0.76	0	0.23
93	Erik Ring	Kilmarnock	456	0.12	0.64	0.76	0	0.15
96	Stuart Armstrong	Aberdeen	382	0.13	0.62	0.75	0	0.18
96	Declan John	St. Mirren	539	0.32	0.43	0.75	1	0.13
98	Dan Neil	Rangers	397	0.12	0.62	0.74	0	0.17
99	Panutche Camará	Dundee United	366	0.14	0.59	0.73	0	0.18
100	Luke Thomas	St. Mirren	145	0.44	0.28	0.72	0	0.45

xG share
xA share
under 90 minutes

About these figures What each column counts, and which feed it was counted from. Show

Min: Minutes played.
xG: Expected goals: the quality of the chances he took, summed.
xA: Expected assists: the quality of the chances he created for others, summed.
xGI: Expected goal involvement: expected goals and expected assists added.
G+A: Goals and assists added.
xGI/90: Expected goal involvement per 90 minutes played.

Appearances, minutes, goals, assists and shots on this page are summed over the Scottish Premiership matches we hold per-player figures for — the same matches the expected figures are summed over, so the two can be read against each other.

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